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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Srgjan Kerim, the new Permanent Representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Alexandru A. Niculescu, the new Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUVALU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations, Enele Sosene Sopoaga, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Twenty-fifth Session

509^th Meeting (AM)

TOTAL RATIFICATION OF WOMEN’S CONVENTION BY COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA,

CARIBBEAN IS WELCOMED BY ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS FDR INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY AWARD TO THAILAND

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the presentation of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award:

Let me start by saying that I am delighted to join you today for the presentation of this award, which furthers and inspires the legacy of President Roosevelt.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MIDEAST PARTIES TO EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT

The following statement was issued this morning by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Special Committee on

Decolonization

9^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ADOPTS TEXT CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

BY SPECIALIZED UN BODIES

Also Adopts Report of 2001 Caribbean Regional Seminar;

Considers Wider Participation by Territories in UN Conferences, Special Sessions

SECRETARY-GENERAL, REPORTING INITIATIVE ON PREVENTION OF ARMED

CONFLICT, NOTES TREND TOWARDS DISCORD WITHIN STATES

Maputo Conference Is Told Wars Between Countries Are No Longer

Main Preoccupation; Focus on Economic and Social Development Is Stressed

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOWS CONTINUED EFFORTS TO MAKE UNITED NATIONS

AS EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE IN SERVICE TO MANKIND

Statement After Reappointment by General Assembly Cites Continuing

Challenges, Takes Special Note of This Week’s Action on HIV/AIDS Crisis

This is the text of the statement to the General Assembly today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on his appointment to a second term of office:

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COOPERATIVES ARE SIGNIFICANT ACTORS IN DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL